Improvement in wash-boilers



Q9 m@ p gttnitml e tant @mail C. ARTHUR TOT'IEN, OF HUDSON, NEW JERSEY.

I. Letters Patent No. 84,395, dated November 24, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN WASH-BOILERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern:

y vented certain new.`and useful Improvements in Wash- Boilers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, refery ence being had to the annexed drawings, making apart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of the boiler in full operation. v

Figure 2 is a longitudinal cut section.

Figure 3 is a plan view.

AFigure 4 is a perspective view, interior, of a corner of the boiler, showing a brace or conduit, also the position of theflange-D.

Figure 5 is.a longitudinal cut section of a boiler, with inclined flange.

Figure 6 is a view of a perforated tube, the object of which is hereinafter described.

The nature of my invention consists in a wash-boil er, A, made of sheet-metal, with right-angled corners, (see gs. l and 3,) which corners are strengthened by sheetmetal strips, B, which also form canals or conduits, C.

I make a flange, D, from the inside of the boiler A,

'(see figs. 2 and 4,) a short distance above the bottom.

At the corners I begin to run up the braces B, which forms a hollow chamber or conduit, C. (See iig. 4.) The braces should almost reach the top of theboiler. These conduits should become gradually smaller' as they near the top.

Near the top of conduit I insert a tube, E.

- I 'make a perforated or porous partition,F, and rest it on top of the flange D, thus forming two sepa1;tte chambers, G and H. (See fig. 2.) This partition may be made of metal, or any other suitable substance or material.

I is the cover or lid, having a handle, J, and K is the handles to the boiler. (See gs., 2 and 5.)

I`also make a' second or upper partition, L, made of' sheet-metal,fperfbrated, or a frame of wood, and in either case covered with coarse woollen cloth, or other similar material. Y

The. )yay in which I fasten this partition may be seen at figs.'1, 2,-3. I make it in two pieces, with a flexible joint, (see fig. 3,) and a handle, P.' I slip o r t it into slots or grooves, M, or their equivalent. (See fig. 2.)

The object of' my invention is' to make a cheap and simple apparatus for washing clothes, &c., without labor, and without any other chemicals than soap and water.

But to describe my improvements, I will show how to use them.

First, I cut up some soap, and put it in the compartment or chamber.

Second, putin the partition F.

rllhird, pour in water, a sufiicient quantity to reach a little above the ange D.

Fourth, put in the clothing to be Washed, in the compartment H.

Fifth, fasten in the upper partition L.

Sixth, put the boiler on the stove, or over any fire or heat where a wash-boiler is usually placed.

After the water commences to boil, it will rise up through the conduits or channels O, discharge from or through the collars E. (See fig. l.) The water which falls upon the clothing, passes through it, and returns to the chamber G, where it is reheated, and sent up the conduits again.

them.

Although it is not necessary to use the partition L, yet I deem it best, as there are several advantages arising therefrom, viz: first, it filters the water as it passes through it, and prevents much dirt from goirg back again among the clothes; second, it holds or keeps the steam in the chamber H, thus making the temperature a shower, it may be ldone by attaching the perforated 'Y tube N, (see fig. 6,) or its equivalent, to each of the conduits in place oi' the tubes E.

In order to prevent the water from boiling over a boiler at any time, I propose to construct it as shown at fig. 5, that is,'by making a flange, O, inclining toward the centre from the outer edge of the boiler B.

I am aware that this principle of forcing water up through tubes, and the links, is not new, as it has been applied many times before, and in many different ways: (among the most prominent, are coffee-pots and washboilers but I am not aware that it was ever used in a wash-boiler, or anything else, constructed on a plan similar to mine, as to novelty, simplicity, utility, and cheapness, there being fewer combinations about it, andless additional material to the ordinary vessel,.which must certainly assist in reducing the cost of manufacture..

One -of the great advantages in my invention is thatthere are no tubes or other contrivances'in the central portions, or passing through the compartment in which Vthe material to be washed is placed. Another is, that after the water has passed through the clothing once,

it goes up the conduit, and is discharged, and, falling on the porous partition L, is filtered or strained from many impurities before going through theclothes again,"

Having now described my invention, I will proceed to set forth what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

1. I claim the braces B, when arranged to strengthen Y the corners, and provide a channel for lthe rising water 3. The porous cover L, when provided with the j hinges at its centre, in connection with the grooves M, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

C. ARTHUR TOTTEN.

Witnesses M. L. Tor'rEN, W. H. Jones.

This operation is continuous, and I l the water thus percolating through the clothes, cleanses i. 

